Garrettson Surname

670,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Garrettson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garrettson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4361:831,32863,652
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1881:267,12121,813

Garrettson (10) may also be a first name.

Garrettson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Garrettson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Garrettson occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garrettson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 670,508th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. Garrettson is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Garrettson live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Garrettson is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.

The surname Garrettson is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 436 people, or 1 in 831,328. In The United States Garrettson is primarily found in: California, where 15 percent live, Maryland, where 12 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and The United States Virgin Islands, where 0 percent live.

Garrettson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Garrettson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garrettson last name grew 232 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garrettson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Garrettson last name are 3.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.62% registered with the party.

Garrettson earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.32% less than the national average, earning $35,677 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Garrettson
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